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perfect

[pur-fikt, per-fekt] / ˈpɜr fɪkt, pərˈfɛkt /






Usage

What are other ways to say perfect? The adjective perfect emphasizes completeness, and also high quality and absence of defects or blemishes: a perfect diamond. Complete implies that a certain unit has all its parts or is fully developed or perfected, and may apply to a process or purpose carried to fulfillment: a complete explanation. Intact implies retaining completeness and original condition: a package delivered intact. Entire means whole, having unbroken unity: an entire book. 

Example Sentences

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The playlist running through his speakers was a perfect mix of American pop and the beats of Punjabi music.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

To Lee, wealth these days is “about building a comfortable, perfect life, where people live healthy and experience good things and good food with the people you love.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Cook's run at the helm of Apple was far from perfect, however.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

With no outdoor Worlds or Europeans on the calendar this year, and having already "ticked off" competing in a Commonwealth Games, looking to start a family made perfect sense.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

It was perfect for whooshing a girl and an iguana over bumps and dips and splashing them into the pool at the bottom.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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